noun
Meaning 1
Misconduct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
delinquency
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/
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noun
Meaning 2
A criminal offense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: misdemeanor, transgression, wrong, crime, criminal offence, criminality, delinquency, malefaction, perpetration, unlaw, unlawfulness, delict, error, malfeasance, misdeed, misdoing, offense, peccadillo, sin, tort, tortfeasance, veniality, villainy, wrongdoing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A debt that is overdue for payment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: juvenile delinquency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
noun
Meaning 5
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he inherited his delinquency from his father
- his derelictions were not really intended as crimes
- his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dereliction, willful neglect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: negligence, neglect, neglectfulness
noun
Meaning 6
nonpayment of a debt when due
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonpayment, default, nonremittal
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”). By surface analysis, delinquent + -cy
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: простъпка (prostǎpka) — misconduct
- Bulgarian: пропуск (propusk) — misconduct
- Catalan: delinqüència — misconduct
- Greek: εγκληματικότητα (egklimatikótita) — misconduct
- Greek: παραβατικότητα (paravatikótita) — misconduct
- Hungarian: vétség — misconduct
- Hungarian: normasértés — misconduct
- Hungarian: szabálysértés — misconduct
- Māori: tōrōkiritanga — misconduct
- Polish: występek — misconduct
- Portuguese: delinquência — misconduct
- Russian: просту́пок (prostúpok) — misconduct
- Spanish: delincuencia — misconduct
- Tagalog: kadalinsilan — misconduct
- Bulgarian: правонарушение (pravonarušenie) — a criminal offense
- Catalan: delinqüència — a criminal offense
- Greek: παράπτωμα (paráptoma) — a criminal offense
- Greek: παράβαση (parávasi) — a criminal offense
- Polish: przestępstwo — a criminal offense
- Portuguese: delinquência — a criminal offense
- Russian: преступле́ние (prestuplénije) — a criminal offense
- Spanish: delincuencia — a criminal offense
- Tagalog: kadalinsilan — a criminal offense
- Bulgarian: просрочен дълг (prosročen dǎlg) — a debt that is overdue for payment
- Russian: просроченный долг (prosročennyj) — a debt that is overdue for payment